Around 230 international lawyers are set to file a lawsuit at the
international Criminal Court against Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
A French lawyer working on the lawsuit, Jill Devier made the
announcement at a Sunday night protest in Paris against the Israeli
atrocities in the Gaza Strip.
More than 50 international lawyers and jurists are working on a
dossier, which alleges that Israel has committed crimes against
humanity in Gaza. The dossier would be then taken to the International
Criminal Court at the Hague.
The move follows a three-week Israeli offensive against the besieged
region of Gaza, which claimed 1,300 lives including more tahn 411
children and wounded around 6000 others.
The lawyers' decision backed by international jurists is a legal
response to the Israel's crimes against humanity, Devier added.
The lawsuit inquires the ICC to assess Israel's atrocities against the
people of Gaza as war crime under the 1949 Geneva Convention, the
French lawyer noted.
"Based on the 1949 Geneva Convention collective punishment, offensive
against civilians, disproportionate use of weapons, rise of civilian
killings and pounding non-military locations are considered war
crimes," Devier continued.
The Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip has provoked worldwide
condemnation of Tel Aviv, which has been accused widely of committing
war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The International Criminal Court said in a statement on Wednesday that
it lacks jurisdiction to investigate possible Israeli war crimes
committed in Gaza.
The ICC said that the "court's jurisdiction is limited to war crimes,
crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide committed on the
territory of, or by a national of a state party while Israel is not a
member state.
Even though Israel does not recognize the International Court, the ICC
can prosecute the Israeli officials in the countries of their second
citizenship, the French lawyer concluded.
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